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UNITED s STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER MCNEIL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION SPECIAL l SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, OF CI-IICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. v A

SEAM FOR SEWEDRTICLESQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 702,668-, dated June 17, 1902. Application filed April 5, 1899. Serial No. 711,810. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHESTER MCNEIL, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofvCook, State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seams for Sewed Articles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to t-he letters of reference marked thereon.

The invention consists, broadly, of a novel vseam which I have designed particularly for use in the manufacture of trousers, the improvement having special reference to the manner of securing what is known as the curtain to the inside of the waistband of trousers.

The invention consists of a novel seam com-- prisin g a fabric with an inwardly-turned hem-4 fold thereon, a second fabric vwith an oppositely-turned hem-fold superposed upon the other hem-fold, and a row of loops uniting the two hem-folds and entering and emerging at adjacent points on the same hem-fold.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicha Figure l is a cross-section showing the first step in forming the seam. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the next step. Fig. 3 is a cross-` section of the completed seam, and Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the fabrics arranged in a slightly-different relation and also illustrating the coperating locking-threads.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the trousers or other garment, havingahemfold ct. Between the hem and the bottom of the goods the canvas or other filling strip b is secured bya line of stitches d.

B is the curtain, havinga hem-fold c turned thereon.

In Fig. l theigoodsare shown as?" l fold of the body of the goods, entering and emerging on the same side of the fabric and properly secured by a cooperating lockingthread e to prevent drawing out of the stitches CZ. The'curtain B is then'turnedover upon the fabric A, giving the'flnished product the appearance shown in Fig.v3, or, as is usually preferred, the appearance show'n in Fig. 4.

It will be understood that by the expression that' the stitches enter and emerge on the same side of the fabric I mean that they enter at one point and then emerge on the same general face of the goods-that is, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, they emerge through the same piece of goods, the hem-fold c.

I-Iavingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,vis p 1..."The herein-described seam, comprising a fabric with an inwardly-turned hem-fold thereon, a second fabric with an oppositely- In testimony whereof I affix my'signature 

